Sahib

  Reed, Major General Thomas 77, 209

  Rees, L. E. 393, 452

  regimental mascots 175

  regiments

  104th Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) 485–6

  Agra Volunteer Horse 148

  regiments—cont.

  Beatson’s Horse 360

  Bengal European Cavalry 253

  Bengal European Fusiliers 1st 235, 346–7, 425–6 2nd xxiv, 230, 236, 238, 425–6, 473–4

  Bengal European Regiment 11–12, 244, 344, 402 1st 130

  Bengal Horse Artillery 162, 235–6, 334–5, 337

  Bengal Lancers, 9th and 10th xxx

  Bengal Light Cavalry 2nd 364–5 3rd 74

  Bengal Native Infantry 1st (Lal Pultan) 259–60, 345 18th 257 20th 314 21st 257 25th 315 31st 379 35th 301, 396, 428 42nd 8, 531 43rd 10 45th 315 47th 8, 273 49th 384 56th 257–8 57th 193 59th 10 64th 273 66th 72 67th 347 79th 384

  Bengal Volunteers, 2nd 257

  Bombay European Fusiliers, 1st 384–5, 539n.63

  Bombay Fusiliers, 2nd 473

  Bombay Light Cavalry 2nd 320–1 3rd 313–14, 354

  Bombay Native Infantry 1st (Grenadiers) 354 4th 384 19th 353, 384 30th (Jacob’s Rifles) 354, 355, 356

  Bombay Regiment, 1st 297–8

  Broadfoot’s Sappers and Jezailchis 215, 396

  Central India Horse 212

  Corps of Guides 192, 210, 211, 212, 295, 321

  Gardner’s Horse 441

  Gurkhas

  2nd Gurkhas 301

  66th (Gurkha) Native Infantry 72

  Kumaon Battalion 301

  Naisiri Battalion 18, 72, 531

  Sirmoor Battalion 18

  Hodson’s Horse xxx, 82, 360, 372–3

  Jacobabad Light Artillery 192

  Jacob’s Rifles 192, 354, 355, 356

  Kashmir Mountain Battery 196

  Light Cavalry 5th 300–1, 368–9 10th 362

  Madras European Battalion 423

  Madras European Regiment 244 1st 162

  Madras Fusiliers, 1st 235, 353

  Madras Native Infantry 273

  Madras Sappers and Miners 255

  Oudh Irregular Cavalry, 3rd 391

  Pioneers, 34th 298

  Probyn’s Horse 354

  Punjab Cavalry 1st [Daly’s Horse] 193, 213–14, 261 4th 304 5th 302–3

  Punjab Infantry 2nd 346–7 4th 301 6th 192

  Régiment de Meuron 216–17

  Scinde Camel Corps 192

  Scinde Horse, 3rd 354

  Scinde Irregular Horse 192

  Scinde Rifles 192

  Sikhs 3rd 358 4th 347 14th xxviii 36th 287–8

  Skinner’s Horse 214, 309

  regiments, British Army

  posted to India 217, 231–3

  passages to India 94, 96–7, 98–9, 100, 101, 104, 107–8, 109

  women and children 97–8

  arrival in India 110–11, 114–15, 117

  cavalry 218, 220

  3rd Light Dragoons 98, 125–6, 131, 149, 159, 218, 371, 402, 419–20, 491,493–4

  at Sobraon (1846) 9, 15

  charges, at Tezin (1842) and Mudki (1845) 365–7

  6th Dragoon Guards 29

  8th Hussars 372

  9th Lancers 187, 370, 371, 372, 454–5, 473

  10th Hussars 29

  11th Light Dragoons 218, 224

  13th Light Dragoons 218

  14th Light Dragoons 149, 300–1, 313, 360, 368–9, 369–70, 371, 417

  16th Lancers xxvi, 65, 149, 232, 367–8, 449

  16th Light Dragoons 97

  17th Lancers 364

  19th Light Dragoons 273, 294

  infantry 217, 218–20

  2nd Queen’s Royal Regiment 379

  5th Fusiliers 506

  6th Foot 217

  9th Foot 343, 402

  10th Foot 10, 145, 283, 342

  12th Foot 145, 225, 478–9, 480

  13th Light Infantry 57, 120, 301, 344, 378, 396, 433

  17th Foot 379–80, 449

  22nd Foot 60, 232, 319

  24th 68, 159, 315, 402

  26th Foot 417, 433

  31st Foot xxv, 108, 233, 344, 402

  at Sobraon (1846) 8, 12–13, 14–15

  32nd Foot 115, 159, 232, 250,

  326, 329, 330, 343, 384, 385, 386, 390, 402–3, 494

  33rd Foot 145, 219, 292, 464

  38th 115

  39th Foot 96, 217, 244, 342

  40th Foot 119

  44th 56, 57, 314

  49th Foot 217

  50th xxv, 1–3, 402, 531

  at Sobraon (1846) 5, 7–8, 12–14, 15, 18

  uniform 3–4

  52nd Light Infantry 129–30, 132, 164, 402, 421–2, 465

  53rd Foot 10, 411

  54th 108

  60th Rifles 301, 384

  61st Foot 137, 346–7, 362

  62nd 402

  64th Foot 326, 353

  66th Foot 99, 315, 344–5, 354, 355

  67th Foot 217

  69th Foot 273

  70th 473

  73rd Highlanders 117, 292

  75th 162, 230, 345–6, 354, 425, 475

  76th Foot 166

  78th Highlanders 393

  84th 48

  86th Foot 473

  90th 163

  93rd Highlanders 101, 110–11,

  162–3, 184–5, 301, 350, 354, 411–12, 431, 503

  Gordon Highlanders, 1st

  Battalion 358

  Hampshire Regiment 217

  Princess of Wales’s Royal

  Regiment 217–18

  1st Royal Fusiliers (City of

  London Regiment) 87

  regiments, British Army – cont.

  infantry – cont.

  Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 219

  Royal Welch Fusiliers 100, 174–5

  Royal West Kents 454

  Somerset Light Infantry, 1st

  Battalion 120

  West Yorkshires, 2nd Battalion 357

  Regulating Act (1773) 52

  religous attitudes 458–63

  returning warriors 500–6

  revolvers 363

  Rewah 198–9

  Rheygur, capture (1818) 279

  Richards, Private Frank 100, 128, 143, 150, 174–5, 187, 218, 253, 452–3, 482, 502–3

  Richmond, Richard 108

  Ridges, Dr Josiah 438

  rifle stealing, precautions against 174

  rifles

  Enfield 73, 353–4

  Lee-Enfield 356

  Lee-Metford 356, 357

  Martini–Henry 82, 354, 356

  Snider 82, 174, 354, 355, 356

  Ripon, George Robinson, Marquess of [Viceroy, 1880–84] 453

  river transport 27

  Roach, John 308–9

  Roberts, Major General Sir Abraham 113, 246, 504

  Roberts, Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl, VC xxiv, xxvi, 183, 195, 206, 240, 270, 299, 323, 328–9, 363, 467, 472, 498, 504

  as young officer 95, 113, 246

  during Mutiny 207, 241–2, 405

  earns VC 326, 345

  in Second Afghan War 86, 398–401

  as C-in-C, India 259

  Roberts, Lady Nora 472, 498

  Robertson, Sergeant 378

  Roe, Captain Peter 92

  Rose, Captain Herbert 412

  Rose, Major General Sir Hugh 78–9

  Rosney, Private 456

  Ross, Surgeon Alexander 481

  Ross, Captain Claye xxviii

  Ross, Private Johnny 479–80

  Ross, Sir Robert 257

  Rotton, Revd John Edward Wharton 408–9, 464–5, 466

  Rowe, Private James 425

  Royal Artillery 216, 231, 242, 253, 255

  Royal Engineers 220, 231, 253

  Royal Military Academy, Woolwich 231, 250

  Royal Military Artificers and Labourers 220

  Royal Military College, Sandhurst 250, 253

  Royal Navy 109

  rum 418

&n
bsp; Rumbold, Sir Thomas 50

  Russell, Lieutenant 316

  Russell, Sir William H. 26, 32, 135, 146, 157, 279, 293, 395, 410, 448–9, 492

  Russia, threat to British India 55

  Ryan, Lady 442

  Ryan, Lieutenant Colonel 18

  Ryan, Major 308

  Ryan, Private John, VC 235

  Ryan, Private Michael, VC 235

  Ryder, Corporal John xxiv, 318, 343, 383, 389, 427, 502

  ryots 40, 41

  sabres 350, 359, 360

  Sadusam, battle (1848) 438

  sahib, title xxiii–xxiv

  St James’s Church, Delhi 459

  St John’s Church, Calcutta 220

  Sale, Florentia, Lady 35, 56

  Sale, Major General Sir Robert 57, 321, 324, 396, 397, 398, 408, 446

  Sandys, Lieutenant Colonel Edward 221

  Sansor Chand 305

  Sappers and Miners 220

  Saragarhi (1897) 287–8

  Sassneg (1802) 376–7

  Satara, annexation of 70

  Sayer, Sir John 445

  scabbards 349, 361

  Scindia, Daulat Rao, of Gwalior 54, 55

  Scindia, Sir Jayaji Rao, Maharajah of Gwalior 212

  Scott, Lieutenant Charles 94–5

  Scott, Captain Richard 477

  scurvy 475

  sepoy regiments, in the Mutiny 258

  sepoys, British opinion of 293–302

  sergeant majors 219, 220

  sergeants 219

  Seringapatam, capture (1799) 217, 333, 386–7

  servants 155, 267–8, 492–3

  Seully, Private Thomas 457

  Shah Alam II, Mughal emperor 43

  Shah Shujah, Amir of Kabul 55, 56, 59, 201

  Shakespear, Major Sir Richmond C. 324

  Sham Singh 16

  Shams-ud-din Khan, Nawab of Ferozepore 214

  Shawe, Lieutenant Colonel 225

  Shelton, Brigadier 228–9

  Shepherd, James 305

  Sher Ali, Amir of Afghanistan 86

  Sher Singh 62

  Sherer, J. W. 136, 166, 198, 300, 469–70

  Sherpur, battle (1880) 86, 398–401

  Shikarpore Hunt 167

  Shipp, John xxiv, 105, 118, 172, 184, 221–2, 278–9, 288, 318, 335, 387–8, 404, 411, 431, 434

  Shivaji, Maratha ruler 40

  shooting 164

  shooting expeditions (shikar) 165

  Shore, Sir John [Governor General, 1792–97] (later 1st Baron Teignmouth) 53–4

  Showers, Lieutenant Colonel 477

  Showers, Brigadier St George 230, 316, 341

  Shrapnel, Lieutenant Henry 337

  Shujah-ud-Daulah, Nawab of Oudh 49

  siege warfare 375–401

  Sikander Lodi, Sultan of Delhi 38

  Sikh army (the Khalsa) 5, 62–3

  artillery 8–9, 333

  cavalry 359–60

  at Sobraon (1846) 7, 10–11, 14, 16–17

  Sikh service

  British in 304–5, 305–6, 310

  foreigners in 306–7

  Sikh Wars xxxi, 6

  First (1845–46) 5, 63–6

  [Battles: (1) Mudki, (2) Ferozeshah, (3) Aliwal, (4) Sobraon]

  Second (1848–49) 66–9

  [Battles: (1) Multan, (2) Ramnagar, (3) Chillianwallah, (4) Gujrat]

  Sikhs 36, 40, 55, 61, 202, 295–6, 311

  Simla 181–2

  Sind, annexation of (1843) 60–1

  Sind Club, Karachi 119

  Sind Frontier Force 192, 194

  Sind service, British in 304, 309

  Sirsa 308

  Sita Ram, Subadar xxiv–xxv, 17, 18, 64, 73, 260–1, 446, 449

  Sitabaldi, battle (1817) 55

  Skinner, Captain Hercules 246–7

  Skinner, Lieutenant Colonel James xxvi, xxvii–xxviii, 41, 214, 246–7, 309, 443, 459

  Sleeman, Major General Sir William 70, 198

  Slessor, Captain William 474

  Smeardon, Fulwood 248, 251

  Smith, Major 229, 342

  Smith, Captain Emilius Felix xxvi, 308

  Smith, Private George xxx–xxxi

  Smith, Private George Loy 417, 432, 433, 489

  Smith, Major General Sir Harry 7, 9, 12, 15, 18, 64, 65, 172, 323, 333, 368, 416, 504

  Smith, Private John, VC 235

  Smith, Juanita, Lady 15, 18

  Smith, Major Louis Ferdinand 308

  smoking, hookah 439

  Smyth, Major Rowland 367

  Smyth, Captain James Carmichael 385

  Sobraon, battle (1846) 6–18, 65–6, 336, 342, 402, 499

  social distinctions 146–7, 148–9, 150, 151, 152–4

  Soldiers’ Total Temperance Association 434

  Sounda 305

  Souter, Captain 57, 344

  Spence, Captain James 108

  Spens, Captain 351

  spirits, daily issue of 417–18, 419

  squadron sergeant majors 220

  Stalker, Brigadier 384

  Stapylton, Ensign C. G. C. 58–9, 396, 397

  Staunton, Captain 297, 298

  staying on, soldiers 149–50

  Stevenson, Colonel James 328

  Stewart, Lieutenant General Sir Donald 86, 271

  Stirling, Lieutenant 243

  Strahan (sailor, HMS Kent) 46–7

  ‘strike first’ principle 328–9, 332, 337

  Sturt, Major William 476

  sudder 121

  Sudil Khan 261

  Suez Canal 95

  Suffren de Saint-Tropez, Admiral Pierre–André de 109

  suicides, attempted 405–6

  supply, logistics of 291

  Suraj-ud-Daula, Nawab of Bengal 46, 47

  Surat 44, 45

  surgeons 406

  Sutherland, Colonel Robert 307, 308

  sword knots 362

  swords 348–52, 359, 360–2

  Sylvester, Surgeon John Henry 354, 360

  Tamerlane (Timur-i-Lenk) 38

  Tanjore 54

  Tantia Tope 79, 336

  targets [shields] 349, 350

  Taylor, George 451, 473

  Taylor, Colonel Reynell 195

  Taylor, Sergeant Robert 95–6

  Tej Singh 16, 63

  temperence associations 433, 434

  tent clubs 167–8

  tents 132–3

  Terentiev, Colonel 85

  Tetley, Captain 257

  Tezin, action (1842) 365–6

  Thackwell, Major General Sir Joseph 15, 16

  thieves 173–4

  Thomas, George xxvi

  Thompson, Captain 369–70

  Thompson, Colour Sergeant [later Major General] 2, 13–14, 227

  Thomsett, Lieutenant Colonel Richard 34, 140, 157, 164

  thuggee 198

  Tibet 87

  tiger shooting 165–6

  Timur-i-Lenk (Tamerlane) 38

  Tipu, Sultan of Mysore xxiii, 53, 54, 292, 332–3, 387

  Tirah campaign (1897–98) 86, 358

  Tombs, Major Henry 318

  Tone, Colonel William Henry 308

  Tookey, Private 417

  Travancore, Sultan of 53

  treasuries, travelling military 126–7

  Tritton, Lieutenant 14

  Trochu, General Louis 348

  troop movements, by train 136

  troop sergeant majors 220

  troopships 92–3, 100–1, 108

  East Indiamen as 96–7, 99, 108

  Tucker, Robert 461

  Tuker, Lieutenant General Sir Francis 81

  Tulaji Angria 36–7

  tulwars 349, 350, 359

  Tytler, Harriet 486

  Umballa 139, 152, 210

  Unett, Captain Walter 125, 365–6

  uniform and kit 3–4, 162–4

  Upper Sind Frontier 194

  Ure, Mrs 103

  Van Courtlandt, Henry Charles 310

  Vellore 374

  mutiny at (1806)
273

  venereal disease 480, 481, 483–4

  Ventura, Jean Baptiste 62, 306

  Vibart, Lieutenant Edward 185, 281, 346–7

  Viceroys 186

  Vickers, Major 308

  Victoria Cross 325

  Victoria, Queen, proclaimed Empress of India 82

  Vignoles, Lieutenant John 456

  voyages to (and from) India 92–108

  Wainwright, Lieutenant 340

  Walker, Private 149

  Wandiwash, battle (1760) 48

  Wardrop, Major A. E., on pig-sticking 167, 168, 171

  water supply and conservation 28–9

  water-carriers, regimental 127–8

  Waterfield, Private Robert xxiv, 31, 115, 128, 159, 222, 282–3, 317, 384, 385, 386, 419, 427, 430–1, 489–90, 494, 503

  Watson, Rear Admiral Charles 37, 46, 182–3

  Waudby, Major S. J. 353

  Waziristan operations (1894–95) 86

  Welchman, Captain 456–7

  Wellesley, Major General Sir Arthur (later Duke of Wellington) 29, 54, 55, 68, 92, 219, 228, 232, 264, 291, 294, 307, 311, 312, 321, 328, 336–7, 361, 376, 402, 417–18, 421, 464, 476, 479

  Wellesley, Richard, 2nd Earl of Mornington, later 1st Marquess Wellesley [Governor General, 1798–1805] 54, 55, 276

  West, Hon. C. R. Sackville 184

  West, Private Samuel 417

  Wheeler, Major General Sir Hugh 75

  Wheler, Colonel Steven 461

  Whish, Major General William 67, 383, 384

  Whistler, C. C. 166

  White, Lieutenant Colonel Michael 318, 341, 369

  White Mutiny (1859–61) xxvi, 80, 252–3

  Whiting, Captain 422–3

  widows 486, 487

  Wilberforce, Lieutenant Reginald 32, 126–7, 129–30, 160–1, 350–1, 421–2, 451

  Wiles, Private William 108

  Wiley, Lieutenant 18

  Williams, Private Charles 425

  Williams, James 119

  Williams, Sergeant 283

  Willingdon Club, Bombay 85

  Willingdon, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Earl of [Viceroy, 1931–36] 85

  Willshire, Major General 379

  Wilson, Alfred 490

  Wilson, Brigadier Archdale 75, 77, 207

  Wilson, General 421–2

  Winter, Captain Ralph Farr 450

  wives and children 485–7, 489–92, 493–8

  Wolseley, Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount xxiv, 283–4, 426, 450–1

  as young officer 92, 93–4, 104, 107–8, 291–2, 323, 347, 351–2, 372, 463

  at Lucknow 335, 347–8

  Wonnacott, Emily 318, 495

  Wonnacott, William 318, 495

  Wood, Captain, VC 314

  Wood, Lieutenant James xxiv, 231, 275, 417

  Wood, Minnie 112, 430, 474–5

  Woodruff, Philip 28, 81, 85, 196

  wounded, care of 406–10

  wounds, treatment of 403–5

  Wright, Captain 92–3

  Wyatt, Captain Charles 220

  Yakub Khan, Amir of Afghanistan 86

  Yeats-Brown, Second Lieutenant Francis 158, 171, 261–3, 303

  Yeo, Raleigh 154

  Younghusband, Colonel Francis 87